Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 2
Friday, July 18, 2014 8:10 PM
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, July 18, 2014
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Gabe Morales, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 31058
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Desmond Jennings CF 2 1 1 0 1 1 .247
Ben Zobrist LF 3 2 1 2 2 0 .267
Matt Joyce DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 .270
Evan Longoria 3B 4 0 2 3 0 0 .260
James Loney 1B 4 0 3 0 0 0 .280
Yunel Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Cole Figueroa 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .120
Curt Casali C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Kevin Kiermaier RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 .315
Totals 33 6 11 6 3 1  
Batting
2B - Evan Longoria (14)
HR - Ben Zobrist (7)
TB - Desmond Jennings, Ben Zobrist 4, Matt Joyce, Evan Longoria 3, James Loney 3, Curt Casali, Kevin Kiermaier 2
RBI - Ben Zobrist 2 (26), Matt Joyce (40), Evan Longoria 3 (47)
2-Out RBI - Evan Longoria 3 (20)
S - Desmond Jennings 2 (7)
GIDP - Evan Longoria (8), Yunel Escobar (12)
Team LOB - 5
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Alex Cobb (W 5-6) 5.2 5 2 2 2 2 1 4.08
Brad Boxberger (H 8) 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.37
Grant Balfour 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.45
Jake McGee 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.49
HBP - Brian Dozier (by Cobb), Kurt Suzuki (by Cobb)
Pitches-Strikes - Alex Cobb 99-62, Brad Boxberger 30-20, Grant Balfour 14-7, Jake McGee 13-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alex Cobb 7-7, Brad Boxberger 1-0, Grant Balfour 1-0, Jake McGee 0-0
Batters Faced - Alex Cobb 26, Brad Boxberger 5, Grant Balfour 3, Jake McGee 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Brad Boxberger 2-0
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Daniel Santana CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 .324
Brian Dozier 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 .242
Kendrys Morales 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .230
Trevor Plouffe 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 .245
Oswaldo Arcia RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216
Josh Willingham DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 .208
Kurt Suzuki C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .306
Eduardo Escobar SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 .275
Sam Fuld LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .266
(S)  Eduardo Nunez PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .287
Totals 33 2 6 2 3 9  
Batting
HR - Trevor Plouffe (7)
TB - Daniel Santana, Brian Dozier, Kendrys Morales, Trevor Plouffe 4, Eduardo Escobar 2
RBI - Trevor Plouffe 2 (44)
2-Out RBI - Trevor Plouffe 2 (19)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Daniel Santana 2 (13), Brian Dozier (30), Trevor Plouffe (41), Sam Fuld (19)
Team LOB - 9
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kyle Gibson (L 8-8) 6.1 9 6 6 1 1 1 4.19
Matt Guerrier 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.67
Anthony Swarzak 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.34
Jared Burton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.70
Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 88-52, Matt Guerrier 12-5, Anthony Swarzak 13-8, Jared Burton 24-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 15-0, Matt Guerrier 0-0, Anthony Swarzak 3-0, Jared Burton 2-1
Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 28, Matt Guerrier 2, Anthony Swarzak 4, Jared Burton 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Guerrier 1-1, Anthony Swarzak 2-0